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Bladder
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Corpora cavernosa
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WKY (n = 9) |
SHR (n = 9) |
WKY (n = 11) |
SHR (n = 11) |
|
VDR mRNA, mean ± SEM |
3.34 ± 0.82 |
8.39 ± 1.28 |
2.60 ± 0.37 |
3.68 ± 0.60 |
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| *Quantitative analysis, using real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain
reaction, of VDR mRNA in corpora cavernosa and bladder samples from
WKY rats and SHR. Data were calculated by the comparative Ct method
and are expressed as mean ± SEM of arbitrary units obtained by
normalizing the mRNA expression of β2-microglobulin. |
| n, number of analyzed samples; SHR, spontaneously hypertensive rats;
VDR, vitamin D receptor, and WKY, Wistar-Kyoto. |
| P < .01 vs any other group. |
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